Frederick Alfred Rhead

Institutional and Business Connections

Employed at Minton and Company
1869 (Circa) - 1876 (Circa)
Apprenticed at Minton in Novemeber 1869 as a painter. From Spril 1871-76 trained as a pâte-sur-pâte modeller at the firm's China Works. Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), pp. 294-295.

Employed at Wedgwood (Josiah Wedgwood and Sons Ltd.)
1870 (Circa) - 1883 (Circa)
See Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), pp. 294-295, who give dates of employment between c.1878-1883. See also a number of photographs of 'Pate-sur-Pate Vases' dated c. 1870-1879 in the Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive, reference no.s EVASE36-40.

Studied at Stoke School of Art
Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), pp. 294-295: no dates are given.

Studied at Hanley School of Art
Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), pp. 294-295: no dates are given.

Studied at Newcastle School of Art
Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), pp. 294-295: no dates are given.

Studied at Burslem School of Art
Atterbury and Batkin 'Dictionary of Minton' (1990), pp. 294-295: no dates are given.

Personal and Professional Connections

Collaborated with Charles Toft
1870 (Circa) - 1879 (Circa)
See a number of photographs of 'Pate-sur-Pate Vases' dated c. 1870-1879 in the Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive, reference no.s EVASE36-40, described as having been designed by 'Frederick Rhead and Charles Toft'.

Sources

A Century of Art Education in the Potteries. With notes on the Artists, 1953 Local Studies
1953 (Circa)
p. 47.

The Dictionary of Minton
1990
pp. 294-295.

The Dictionary of Wedgwood
1980
p. 298.

The Wedgwood Museum Digital Archive
See a number of photographs of 'Pate-sur-Pate Vases' dated c. 1870-1879 in the database, reference no.s EVASE36-40.